2042
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| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century |
| Decades: | 2010s 2020s 2030s – 2040s – 2050s 2060s 2070s |
| Years: | 2039 2040 2041 – 2042 – 2043 2044 2045 |
| Gregorian calendar | 2042 MMXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2795 |
| Armenian calendar | 1491 ԹՎ ՌՆՂԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | 198 – 199 |
| Berber calendar | 2992 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2586 |
| Burmese calendar | 1404 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7550 – 7551 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年十二月初十日 (4678/4738-12-10) — to —
壬戌年十一月二十日(4679/4739-11-20) |
| Coptic calendar | 1758 – 1759 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2034 – 2035 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5802 – 5803 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2097 – 2098 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1964 – 1965 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5143 – 5144 |
| Holocene calendar | 12042 |
| Iranian calendar | 1420 – 1421 |
| Islamic calendar | 1464 – 1465 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 54 (平成54年) |
| Korean calendar | 4375 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2585 |
| Unix time | 2272147200 – 2303683199 |
2042 (MMXLII) will be a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
[edit] Predicted events
- April 30 – The Nickelodeon time capsule will be dug up.
- September 17 – A common computing representation of date and time on IBM mainframe systems will overflow with potential results similar to the year 2000 problem.
- November 4 – Elections for the 128th United States Congress and several state governorships.
- According to the United States Census Bureau, Americans who identify themselves as Hispanic, African American, Asian, Indian American, Native Hawaiʻian and Pacific Islander will together outnumber non-Hispanic whites.[1][relevant? ]
[edit] In fiction
- On the ABC series Defying Gravity, the mission to Mars took place in this year, ten years before the Antares Mission in 2052.
- The Japanese version of Snatcher, a graphic adventure game originally released in 1988, are set on December 2042. The English localization of Snatcher moved the setting to 2047.
[edit] References
- ^ Roberts, Sam (August 13, 2008), "In a Generation, Minorities May Be the U.S. Majority", New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/washington/14census.html.
